This is an analysis of the poem Our Bog Is Dood that begins with:

Our Bog is dood, our Bog is dood,
They lisped in accents mild, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXacadacaeeXeeebdaXXdbdbdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 1100101 11110001 110101 11111101 110101 11011101 100111 11011101 110101 10111101 110101 11110101 110110 11110101 111100 11111101 111100 11110101 110101 11011101 011100 11111111 110101 11010101 110101 110010101 0100101 01111101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 935
  • Average number of words per stanza: 180
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words just, and are repeated.

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